Tharpe & Howell, LLP is once again pleased to be a Gold Sponsor of the 2019 San Fernando Valley Business Journal (SFVBJ) Women’s Council Awards to be held at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, California, on April 17, 2019. At this event, women who have made a difference in the San Fernando Valley will be honored for their accomplishments. Please join us in congratulating these women on their success.
Award Categories include: CEO of the Year, Executive of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Rising Star, Not-For-Profit, Business Owner of the Year, Business Team of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More
Firm Partner David Binder and Senior Associate Zena Kalioundji will be featured guest speakers at the Commerce Industrial Counsel (CIC) Human Resources Forum to be held at 6055 East Washington Boulevard in Commerce, California, on February 27, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. The topic of their presentation will be “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Q&A, Case Studies and Consequences.” Please contact our office if you are interested in attending.
Mr. Binder and Ms. Kalioundji serve clients in the Firm’s Employment and Labor Law Practice Group as well as its Workers’ Compensation Defense Practice Group. Read More
February 16th, 2019/By Admin/In Firm Events
Tharpe & Howell, LLP will be an exhibitor at the Professionals in Human Resources Association – California HR Conference to be held at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California, from August 25, 2019 through August 28, 2019. With more than 2,000 practitioners, presenters, and providers in attendance, this conference is the 2nd largest regional conference in the nation and features top legal and HR professionals who will be sharing their knowledge and experiences about the challenges faced by HR leaders in today’s litigious environment. Read More
Tharpe & Howell, LLP will be an exhibitor at the California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation (CCWC) 17th Annual Conference to be held at the Disney Grand California Hotel & Spa in Anaheim, California from July 17, 2019 through July 19, 2019. The CCWC is dedicated to providing leadership, education, and advocacy in support of an equitable and efficient workers’ compensation system. If you will be at the conference, please stop by our booth (#310) to say hello to members of our Firm’s Workers’ Compensation Defense team. Read More
Topics for this Month include:
- New SCOTUS Opinions on Arbitration Agreements
- Healthcare Workers Waiving Second Meal Periods
- Compensability for “On-Call Shifts”
- Unlawful Multi-State FCRA Disclosure Form
- Newly Introduced Employment-Related Bills
- And more . . .
Recent Case Law
Arbitration Agreements Can Empower Arbitrators to Determine Arbitrability of Claims
In the United States Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh’s first written opinion, a unanimous court held that when an arbitration agreement delegates the authority to determine whether a claim is “arbitrable” in the first instance to the arbitrator, the arbitrability decision must be made by the arbitrator. Read More
